They had to move, he said, because they couldn't legally remain together in the United States.
"It wasn't a decision that any U.S. citizen should have to make," former Mayor J.W. Lown said in an interview from Mexico. "I left a home. I left a ranch. I left a promising political career."
His run for the border on the day he was supposed to be sworn in for a fourth term caused jaws to drop, but his situation also became a high-profile example of the thousands of Americans who face a similar choice -- separate or move abroad -- because they can't secure green cards for their partners like heterosexual spouses can.
Gays forced into tough choices with immigrant partners (Detroit Free Press)
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